<p>Hi EJM1991! I can tell you that the engineering school used to have some tutoring and review sessions before exams in the lounge rooms in the SPACE housing. Students who lived elsewhere could attend also. Nice touch, in addition to the fact that all of your floormates had tests and projects due on the same days.</p>
<p>(Sorry, but I don’t know anything about the Uiversity of Colorado.)</p>
<p>Thanks! It sounds like you lived in SPACE housing? Forming study groups was easy? How were distractions? Towers seems like it can get a bit rowdy at times.</p>
<p>No, I’m the mom! My engineering son lived in honors housing when it was in the Towers, but he had a lot of friends who lived in SPACE, which was also in the Towers. Study groups were common then. You should check and see if the engineering school still offers the semi-formal study groups in the dorms. It was a nice feature. Another good thing was that it was easy to get together for projects and working on the freshman conference. But students who didn’t live there came too - it was just easier if your room was there.</p>
<p>As far as rowdiness, yes, the Towers can get a little crazy. BUT, if you live with other engineers, you are all studying at the same time and all free to party at the same time. The honors floors may have been a little bit quieter too - it just depends on your particular neighbors.</p>
<p>SPACE was great! DS spent a great year there. He is a ChemE major and decided against Forbes. And yes, they do hold activities on the SPACE floors – I seem to recall events with Prof. Budny and the Engineering advisors made trips to the SPACE floors. Rowdy – perhaps – it really depends upon your neighbors and since your neighbors are engineering majors – lots of study time :)</p>
<p>EMJ1991</p>
<p>Fitness facilities are a bit of a walk but plenty of people do it. There are lots of engineers and a lot of them study together. These cliques, if you want to call them that, are not based on major typically. They are often isolated to a floor but just as often not. The only racial one i know is the group of Indian kids that chill together.</p>
<p>Like, its complicated. It can be cliqueish in that like there are definitely a few groups that are not open to including everyone in whatever they are doing or think their group is the “cool” group. On some floors this is associated with drinking/partying. I think sometimes it pretty blatantly depends on looks. These are the exception though. Mostly I would say that they are just normal friend groups that will emerge anywhere and like people are welcome to join or chill with the group who are not like in it. Idk i hang out with a bunch of different groups so like there is no one forcing this or anything. </p>
<p>Just what i thought of off the top of my head</p>